Saturday, March 3, 2012

Jat Tehnika expands

New hangar for Jat Tehnika

Jat Tehnika has announced the construction of an additional hangar at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport which will be able to handle a Boeing B737 next generation aircraft as well as the Airbus A320. Furthermore, necessary equipment is being purchased in order for the maintenance company to begin work on servicing Airbus jets this summer. During the week, the Serbian government gave its approval for Tehnika to take out a five million euro loan in order to finance its new endeavours. The loan will be repaid within the next five years. Jat Tehnika, which was separated from Jat Airways in 2006, expects to see an increase in business as a result of the new investments.

Tehnika currently has three hangars at its disposal at Belgrade Airport. Two are used for medium sized aircraft and can fit three jets each at one single time while the third hangar is for larger aircraft and can fit two Boeing 747-400s. Besides Jat, the company currently provides maintenance to airlines such as Jet2.com, NordStar Airlines, Astraeus Airlines and Transaero.

Meanwhile, Jat Airways has announced that it has resumed operations at terminal two at Belgrade Airport. The carrier was forced to move to the older terminal one due to expansion wok being carried out at Serbia’s busiest airport. Furthermore, the airline has launched a new frequent flyer program for passengers on March 1.

ROFL suuuuuure... I do not know who is trying to catch up with whom in Yugoslavia. Look at BEG and then look at ZAG.You have been working on servicing Airbuses while Belgrade has had experience in aviation even before AeroPut (1927).

Well that was part of the deal to ALLOW Qatar to start flights to Zagreb. Qatar has to set up a maintenance base in Zagreb or they'll miss out on connecting the best geographical region of south east Europe. I mean why else would they have purchased the A380!

Morning flight of Swiss is an A320 (usually F100/A319).Turkish Airlines increased from a B737-800 to an A321.Aeroflot increased from an A320 to an A321 today.Finally Olympic Air is sending their A319 instead of their Dash-8.

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CREW OF THE WEEK

Skymark Airlines

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Japan’s third largest airline, Skymark, introduced its new crew uniforms in March 2014 and raised eyebrows after raising hems for flight attendants. The miniskirt outfit are mod 1960s-inspired, and feature a form-fitting royal blue dress accented with a bright yellow neckscarf and a stylish wedge cap. However, the uniforms are facing opposition and criticism as they seem to sexualise Skymark flight crew more than allow them to do their jobs in a professional manner.

GLOBAL AVIATION NEWS

MH370 search may be called off soon

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia's deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under way between Australia, China and Malaysia as to whether to call off the hunt within weeks. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777, which disappeared a year ago this week carrying 239 passengers and crew, in what has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. The search of a rugged 60,000 sq km patch of sea floor 1,600 km of the Australian city of Perth, which experts believe is the plane's most likely resting place, will likely be finished by May. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said that a decision would have to be taken well before then as to whether to continue into the vast 1.1 million sq km area around the primary search zone if nothing has been found. "For many of the families onboard, they won't have closure unless they have certain knowledge that the aircraft has been located and perhaps their loved ones' remains have been recovered", Truss said. "We clearly cannot keep searching forever, but we want to do everything that's reasonably possible to locate the aircraft". "We put in the amount of money that we believed was necessary to do this job well and thoroughly with the best available equipment," he added. "We have to make other decisions, then, about how long the search should continue".Source: Reuters